New Zealand in Ireland Traditional Cache
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The text below describes the original placement by Hezekiah. We are minding this local cache in his memory... No longer a small box with swag as it was muggled.
This a joint cache between myself and Zork V from New Zealand - the idea is to have a cache in each country and swap trading items. This one contains some Kiwi swag and my one in New Zealand, some Irish swag. If you you could swap some Irish swag for Kiwiana, it would be grand Marlay Park is a 300 acre (121 hectares) suburban public park located in Rathfarnham, about ten kilometres (six miles) from Dublin city centre. The parkland comprises woodlands, ponds and walks. Recreational spaces include a nine hole par three golf course, tennis courts, BMX cycle track, fourteen football pitches, cricket pitch, a children's playground and a miniature railway. There is also a craft courtyard with home craft shops and coffee shops. Dublin County Council acquired the land in 1972 and developed it as a regional park. Opened in 1975, it is now administered by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. Since 2000 Marlay Park has become a popular music venue featuring both renowned national and international stars before an audience of 30,000 concertgoers. Marlay House was built by Thomas Taylor and was known as "The Grange". David La Touche, first governor of the newly established Bank of Ireland acquired and extended the house in 1764 and renamed it for his wife Elizabeth Marlay. The house, a fine example of Georgian architecture, has many elaborate features including plasterwork by Michael Stapleton. Marlay was sold in 1864 to Robert Tedcastle, a well known Dublin coal merchant, whose family lived there until 1925 when Philip Love bought the house for £8,325. Love, a market gardener who was once Ireland's largest tomato producer, was also a racehorse breeder whose famous horse Larkspur won the 1962 Epsom Derby. He lived there until 1972 when it was donated to the Dublin County Council. A 1.82 hectare (4.5 acre) walled garden was built near the house around 1794, and consists of a restored regency ornamental and kitchen gardens. The ornamental garden boasts an extensive display of period plants, ranging from herbaceous borders to shrub beds. The Head Gardener's house, orangery, arbour and water features combine to create a distinctive atmosphere. Located just over the wall, the kitchen garden houses a fine collection of regency fruit trees, vegetables and associated bothys. Daily tours of the gardens are available in the summer months and by appointment at other times. Tea, coffee and other refreshments are available, year round, in the former gardener'shouse.
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Vafvqr gehax bs gnyy gerr...oevat lbhe bja cra
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